David Turnbull
Administration
Greka Drilling Limited
United States of America
Biography
David Turnbull has been Executive Chairman of Pacific Basin Shipping Limited since July 2008. He has been an independent non-executive director of Pacific Basin Shipping Limited since May 2006. David joined Seabury Asia as Chairman in November 2008. He has been Chairman of Pacific Basin Shipping Limited since January 2008 and became Executive Chairman in July 2008. He was with the Swire Group for 30 years, where he was the immediate past Chairman of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., Swire Pacific Ltd. and Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Ltd. He also served as a non-executive director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) (January 2005 - December 2005), Hysan Development Co Ltd (May 2005 - January 2006) and Air China Ltd (May 2005 - December 2005). He was appointed a director of Cathay Pacific in 1994 and took up the positions of Deputy Managing Director in 1994, Managing Director in 1996 and Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive in 1998 before his appointment to Chairman in January 2005. Mr Turnbull has an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.
Research Interest
Business Administration Finance Economics